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Women’s Basketball: Saints’ season ends with loss to SPU

March 14, 2008

Seattle, WA - Saint Martin’s started off slow and couldn’t recover as the fell to top-seeded, Seattle Pacific, 92-49, Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Division II Women’s West Regional at SPU’s Brougham Pavilion.

The Saints found themselves down 9-0 nearly five minutes in until a jumper by Dara Zack finally put them on the board at the 15:19 mark. SPU maintained their lead, going up by as much as 14 in the half. Saint Martin’s cut that to six with 1:20 to go but the Falcons scored the last five points of the half to take a 37-26 advantage into the break.

Seattle Pacific, the nation’s no. 2 ranked team, opened up the second half with a 23-2 run to all but put the game away. Jackie Hollands led the way for the Falcons with a game high 22 points including 5-8 from the three.

The Saints were led by Dara Zack with 14 points. Jamey Gelhar had 12 points, going 6-6 from the line, while Sade Smith added 11 points. Katie Hawkins pulled down a game high seven rebounds.

Saint Martin’s shot just 29.4 percent from the field and committed 24 turnovers while the Falcons had just nine.

The Saints, who made it to the regional playoffs for only the second time in school history, finish the season 17-11.